Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 2
SKU:
BT.AMP-025-140
Composed by Edvard Grieg.
Arranged by Philip
Sparke. Debut Series
(Anglo). Score Only.
Composed 2001. 16 pages.
Anglo Music Press #AMP
025-140. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(BT.AMP-025-140).
The melodies,
harmonies, moods and
rhythms of Norwegian folk
songs and dance (even the
sounds of Norwegian folk
instruments) permeate the
music of Edvard Grieg
(1843-1907). After
studying in Leipzig and
Copenhagen he returned to
Norway and a chance
meeting with Norwegian
nationalist Rikard
Nordraak ignited his
interest in folk music
and laid the foundation
for his compositional
style. His most famous
orchestral works are the
Piano Concerto (1868) and
the incidental music to
Ibsen’s play Peer
Gynt (1875). He wrote
many collections of folk
music for piano and these
two tunes come from his
25 Norwegian Folk Songs
and Dances, op.
17.
1.Cow Keeper's
Song2.Wedding MarchDie
Musik von Edvard Grieg
ist durchdrungen von
Melodien, Harmonien,
Stimmungen und Rhythmen
norwegischer Volkslieder
und -tänze, man
hört sogar norwegische
Instrumente erklingen. Zu
seinen berühmtesten
Orchesterwerken zählen
das Piano Concerto
(1868) und die Vertonung
von Ibsens Peer
Gynt (1875).
Darüber hinaus
komponierte er viel
Volksmusik für
Klavier, darunter auch
diese beiden Melodien,
die 25 Norwegian Folk
Songs and Dances, op.
17 entnommen
sind.